The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-19
THE HArMONEZING COMMJTTEE
SETTLE THE CADD0 CASE.
The McEnery Majority of the Parish
Committee Recognized as the Legal
Body-A New Election Day To Be
Snlanted and Fair PLAY to Rule.

The McFnery Majority of the Parish
Committee Recognized as Ii Legal
Body-A New Election Day To BE
Selected and Fair Play to Rule.
SHREVEPORT, Nov. 2o.-It was after ~
| O'Clock last night when the arbitration COM
mittee, represented by Messrs. Leon Jas
tremski and Pat Neatly. adjourned without
having effected an adjustment of the differ
| ence between the two factions i'll the Demo-
cratic party in this parish. By consent N. @.
| Blanchard and Capt. I. f. Bell managed the
case of their respective sides.
Mr.. blanchard made as good a fight az he
| could, but the facts were against the re-
| formers and the minority he represented.
Capt. Bell presented his case in q clear and
| dispassionate manner and submitted the
| ORIGINAL minutes of the parish convention
| held in December, 1888, written and signed
by Mr.. Richard Furman, o prominent mer-
| chant, the secretary of the convention and
now a Nichols man.
With this document. which almost paralzed
the reform element, the McEnery men estab-
lishe6 the fact that the claims OF the minority
were fictitious and that the Parish Executive
Committee consisted of only fifteen members
instead of sixteen members.
It was also shown that J.. M. Foster was not
and had nsTer been a member of the COM
mittee, but That J. P. spea"man was q men,
Der instead of W. H. Adams, whose name
had been called at all the meetings of the
committee during the past four years.
This point was yielded by the McEnery
side at the beginning of the difficulty, but
they would not consent to recognize Foster,
who had not a shadow upon which to base
his claims.
The reforners attempted last night to de-
lay the proceedings by long arguments not
bearing on the point involved.
The differences in the committee arose
over the arbitrary ruling OF Z. IL. Randolph
in appointing Dr.. Whitworth secretary over
J. Fl. Gilliiand, the regular secretary, and IN
recognizing ]. M. Foster, who war not q
member. The reformers resorted 70 propo.
1 pals, one of them being that each side select
two commissioners and q clerk for each pre-
cinct and each ward elect delegates to a par
ISL convention, that body to elect the ten
delegates to which the parish Is entiasd, to e
looks fair on its face, but 1t involves we
condition that the returns be made TO the
chairman of the Parish Executive Comlttlf.
tee, Mr.. Randolph. vi hose duty, OF rathei
privilege, it will be to compile and promul;
It il deplorable, but none the less true, thai
the opposing party would not trust htf. Ran-
dolph under his present tutelage to perform
this work, and in view OF past and more re-
cent events the reformers have no right tc
complain of his low estimate Ill which ttle1l
fairness is held 1.or Inc spa pia4 tba i i St te ! sfa gpulp
The MeEnery side, therefore, declined fe
entertain the proposition. but submitted 9
B counter proposition, In substance as fouoWs;
That the executive committee should be con
stituted of fifteen members: that on assem-
bling the ohairmen of the two wings resign,
and then enter upon q permanent organlza'
| ton; all contests to be referred TO a coInmlt
49, -, oraIa,,iaA c. that xhp 1ataG for nTinlaT1
election be eaEeelled and dates be adopted
| for a later period: that each side be aliowe'
b an equal number OF commissioners OF elec
, ton.
The Nichols men refused this proposition
t when the meeting adjourned 70 meet TIL
9 morning at 10 o'clock.
? This morning. at 10 o'clock promptly, Il 4
! committee resumed their session at lilly
Hotel. Although the conference was bel
with closed doors, repeftesg; and all BEN
p excluded. it can be said authoritaslyely tina
g the adjustment committee arrived at a SCI
g tlement of the matter 4bout ] o'clock tn
afternoon, and shat the Robson wing, com
posed of eight members-a ma1oTlty3.,Wa
recognized as the legal executive commItte
in place OF the Randolph wing. IheTe Was
THE TIMEs-DEMooRAT correspondent learns
a subcommittee appointed TO adjust IN
differences, looking to, o compromise, an
+ It ia safe TO say that the Nichols men nay
Welded all of thei. ~pretensions and are VII
! ing to take a hall. Loaf and have 3 fair con
promise on q basis that viii fix the pf1maf
election on one day, will, an equal numbe
Z Of commissioners on each side. This tn
McEnery men will concede for the sake G
harmony.
dence that the McEnery majority did ne
) bolt as alleged by the Democrat here and u
Picuauqe correspondent, but performed the
duty as becomes good and true Democrats
4 having the interest and harmony OF I'll
party at heart.
+ IT is probable that the Parish EXECUTE
Committee as recognized will assemble Z
{ morrow to consider and ratifg the action
the arbitration committee, (Which has not y
!. been made public, but as already outilne
Z the McEnery men are on top and propose
4 remain there.
The attempted outrage has strengthen
: the McEnery cause everywhere IA Nor
Z Louisiana. MeEnery is stronger to-day
= Caddo and this city than he was one wei
ago. The people know when they .ha'
enough of h~umbugging. and this last de
re of the reforllers satisfied q great man
10 them shat they wers On the wrong side
10 following the reformers.
q Caddo can undoubtedly be counted